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Wilson (1944)

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Charles Coburn  •  Alexander Knox  •  Geraldine Fitzgerald  •  Thomas Mitchell

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Charles Coburn  •  Alexander Knox  •  Geraldine Fitzgerald  •  Thomas Mitchell

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Brian Donlevy  •  Walter Brennan  •  Anna Lee  •  Gene Lockhart

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Brian Donlevy  •  Walter Brennan  •  Anna Lee  •  Gene Lockhart

Edge of Darkness (1943)

The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Ann Sheridan  •  Walter Huston  •  Nancy Coleman

The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Ann Sheridan  •  Walter Huston  •  Nancy Coleman

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when independently wealthy Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Ava Gardner  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Marius Goring

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when independently wealthy Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Ava Gardner  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Marius Goring

Helen of Troy (1956)

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Rossana Podestà  •  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Jacques Sernas  •  Stanley Baker

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Rossana Podestà  •  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Jacques Sernas  •  Stanley Baker

Sign of Zorro (1963)

General Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes. The young Ramon Martiney, after discovering that his father was murdered by Gutierrez, dons the mask of Zorro and starts fighting against the injustice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Caiano
CAST:  Sean Flynn  •  Gaby André  •  Folco Lulli  •  Walter Barnes

General Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes. The young Ramon Martiney, after discovering that his father was murdered by Gutierrez, dons the mask of Zorro and starts fighting against the injustice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Caiano
CAST:  Sean Flynn  •  Gaby André  •  Folco Lulli  •  Walter Barnes

Strange Affair (1944)

Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Allyn Joslyn  •  Evelyn Keyes  •  Marguerite Chapman  •  Edgar Buchanan

Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Allyn Joslyn  •  Evelyn Keyes  •  Marguerite Chapman  •  Edgar Buchanan

Romanoff and Juliet (1961)

Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Ustinov
CAST:  Peter Ustinov  •  Sandra Dee  •  John Gavin  •  Akim Tamiroff

Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Ustinov
CAST:  Peter Ustinov  •  Sandra Dee  •  John Gavin  •  Akim Tamiroff

Five Branded Women (1960)

Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fend for themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Ritt
CAST:  Silvana Mangano  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Vera Miles  •  Barbara Bel Geddes

Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fend for themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Ritt
CAST:  Silvana Mangano  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Vera Miles  •  Barbara Bel Geddes

Frontier Wolf (1951)

A secret service agent is sent to investigate various acts of sabotage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edoardo Anton
CAST:  Piero Lulli  •  Maria Frau  •  Tamara Lees  •  Tonio Selwart

A secret service agent is sent to investigate various acts of sabotage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edoardo Anton
CAST:  Piero Lulli  •  Maria Frau  •  Tamara Lees  •  Tonio Selwart

Congo Crossing (1956)

Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French murder charge, and Mannering, who pays resident hit man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Pevney
CAST:  Virginia Mayo  •  George Nader  •  Peter Lorre  •  Michael Pate

Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French murder charge, and Mannering, who pays resident hit man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Pevney
CAST:  Virginia Mayo  •  George Nader  •  Peter Lorre  •  Michael Pate

Tampico (1944)

A story of of the captain of an oil tanker during World War II, Captain Bart Manson, who rescues Katherine Hall when her ship is sunk by a German U-boat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lothar Mendes
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Lynn Bari  •  Victor McLaglen  •  Robert Bailey

A story of of the captain of an oil tanker during World War II, Captain Bart Manson, who rescues Katherine Hall when her ship is sunk by a German U-boat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lothar Mendes
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Lynn Bari  •  Victor McLaglen  •  Robert Bailey

Anzio (1968)

Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. A battle-hardened war correspondent borrows a jeep and drives to Rome and back without meeting any German forces, but his report on this absence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dmytryk  •  Duilio Coletti
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Peter Falk  •  Robert Ryan  •  Earl Holliman

Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. A battle-hardened war correspondent borrows a jeep and drives to Rome and back without meeting any German forces, but his report on this absence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dmytryk  •  Duilio Coletti
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Peter Falk  •  Robert Ryan  •  Earl Holliman

The Naked Maja (1958)

A historical fiction based on the lives of artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Ava Gardner  •  Anthony Franciosa  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Gino Cervi

A historical fiction based on the lives of artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Ava Gardner  •  Anthony Franciosa  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Gino Cervi

The Reluctant Saint (1962)

Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dmytryk
CAST:  Maximilian Schell  •  Ricardo Montalban  •  Lea Padovani  •  Akim Tamiroff

Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dmytryk
CAST:  Maximilian Schell  •  Ricardo Montalban  •  Lea Padovani  •  Akim Tamiroff

The North Star (1943)

A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Anne Baxter  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Walter Huston

A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Anne Baxter  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Walter Huston

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles lifetime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  John Huston  •  Robert Random  •  Peter Bogdanovich  •  Susan Strasberg

Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles lifetime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  John Huston  •  Robert Random  •  Peter Bogdanovich  •  Susan Strasberg

My Favorite Spy (1951)

A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy's girlfriend, who is also a spy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  Arnold Moss

A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy's girlfriend, who is also a spy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Hedy Lamarr  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  Arnold Moss

Senso (1954)

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luchino Visconti
CAST:  Alida Valli  •  Farley Granger  •  Heinz Moog  •  Rina Morelli

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luchino Visconti
CAST:  Alida Valli  •  Farley Granger  •  Heinz Moog  •  Rina Morelli

Night of Love (1954)

Brigitte Bardot stars in this romantic thriller about love and high treason in WWI-era Italy. Matinee idol-turned-filmmaker Mario Bonnard directs this opus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bonnard
CAST:  Brigitte Bardot  •  Pierre Cressoy  •  Lucía Bosè  •  Giorgio Albertazzi

Brigitte Bardot stars in this romantic thriller about love and high treason in WWI-era Italy. Matinee idol-turned-filmmaker Mario Bonnard directs this opus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bonnard
CAST:  Brigitte Bardot  •  Pierre Cressoy  •  Lucía Bosè  •  Giorgio Albertazzi
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